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Chapter 67 Yukino's Emoji Pack

Wu Shen checked several times to make sure it was indeed his apartment building before going inside.

"Huh? Big brother, why did you follow me? Is it because you miss your sister and want to see her?" Yu Yin, who was going upstairs, heard footsteps, turned around and glanced back. When she saw Wu Shen, she immediately rushed down excitedly.

After what happened at noon, Wu Shen was eager to see Yukino less often, hoping to explain things to her after she calmed down in a few days. However, fate played a cruel trick on him, and Wu Shen seemed destined to be caught in this predicament.

It's such a coincidence that Yukino moved to the same apartment building as me!

"There's nothing I can do, because that's where I live," Wu Shen explained with a sigh.

What's this? Fate brings us together from a thousand miles away?

"Big brother lives here too?" Yu Yin blinked, somewhat incredulous at the news.

"Hmm, it seems I'll have to take good care of you from now on."

"Hooray! Now I can see my brother and Mai more often. I should be able to visit Mai at my brother's house whenever I have time, right?"

"Of course, I believe Mai will be very happy too." Wu Shenqiang smiled, but inwardly he was agonizing over how to face Yukino later.

One of the three great illusions he had previously had, coupled with what Yu Yin told Wu Shen on the way here, has left him feeling confused and disoriented.

Reaching his room on the third floor, Wu Shen noticed the door of the apartment across the street was open, and moving company workers were carrying items inside. Wu Shen's heart skipped a beat. Was Yukino moving to the apartment next door? What a coincidence!

"Sister, I'm back!" The door was wide open, and Yu Yin slipped through a gap. This action further confirmed Wu Shen's guess: the new owner of the house across the street was indeed Yukino Yukinoshita!

"Wu Shen brought you back?" A cool voice came from the room across the hall. Although the person inside was hidden by the walls, he could be 100% sure it was Yukino from the voice. There was no way around it; the tone and timbre of her voice were just too distinctive.

"Mmm." Yuyin nodded obediently.

"You went to the club as I told you to, that's good. But where is he? Never mind, he's probably already run away. After all, I looked like that at noon." Yukino's voice, for some reason, carried a hint of hesitation and sadness.

"No, sister. Let me tell you, we're so lucky. We moved to this apartment building, and it turns out that Brother Wu Shen also lives here. And he's right across the street."

"Ame-on, are you kidding me?" Yukino's peaceful expression changed in an instant.

"No, Brother Wu Shen lives in the house across the street. We'll see each other all the time from now on. Sister can go to and from school with Brother, and I can go play with Wu Yi anytime!"

Wu Shen stood at his own doorway. Just seconds after Yu Yin finished speaking, footsteps approached from the house across the street. Soon, Yukino hurriedly emerged from her room and looked across the street, her gaze meeting Wu Shen's as he stood at the doorway.

"First it was the club, then the department store, and now it's our home address. It seems our connection is truly extraordinary." Wu Shen's lips twitched slightly, and he shrugged, intending to respond to Yukino in a half-joking tone.

"Yes, she's definitely not your average height. This must be what they call a karmic entanglement. If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were deliberately stalking me." Yukino's gaze was sharp at first, then became confused, and finally she let out a sigh of relief with a slight smile, but her words were still sharp and sarcastic.

“Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I wouldn’t dare to follow you, Yukinoshita.” Wu Shen scratched his head, feeling utterly wronged.

"I doubt you'd have the guts. But from today onwards, we're neighbors." A faint, serene smile appeared on Yukino's usually indifferent face.

"Indeed, if the people at the school find out about this, they'll probably cause an uproar."

"Among the 'people at school' you mentioned, does that include the girl you were with on the rooftop before? I think her name was Shiyu?"

Yukino suddenly changed the subject, and Wu Shen's heart, which had finally settled down, jumped again. He had thought that Yukino had already let go of the matter, but it seemed that Wu Shen had been too naive.

"Shiyu and I just have some things to do, it's not like what you're imagining." Wu Shen seemed like a deflated balloon.

He didn't know why he felt he had to explain his relationship with Utaha to Yukino. Subconsciously, he had a strange feeling that if he didn't explain something, something extremely bad might happen.

"Actually... I was the one who was rude today. To be honest, I don't know why I was angry." Yukino paused for a moment, but the aggressive questioning that Wu Shen had expected did not come.

"After all, what happens between you and other people has nothing to do with me, right?"

“Um…” What Yukino said was actually true, but Wu Shen felt more and more awkward listening to it.

Are they really not related at all?

"Next time you see her, please apologize to that girl for me. I didn't control my emotions today, which is why I acted so out of control. I must have caused you and her a lot of trouble, right?" Yukino leaned against the doorframe, her voice completely calm.

Wu Shen didn't expect that Yukino Yukinoshita would not only not continue to cause him trouble, but would instead intend to apologize.

"Actually, it wasn't a big deal. I'm so grateful to Yukino for opening the rooftop door. Otherwise, this would have definitely caused a huge uproar at school." Wu Shen thanked her. "Also, we were really just discussing some things on the rooftop. We didn't do anything else."

"Yes, I believe you." Yukino nodded calmly.

"Huh?"

"Because someone told me that Wu Shen is a trustworthy person."

"Ha...who told you that?" Wu Shen felt incredibly ashamed when he heard Yukino say that.

"It's a secret." Yukino's tone was unusually playful.

Although this thought was a bit rude, Wu Shen couldn't help but feel that Yukino's expressions were unexpectedly like a gacha machine. Usually, she could only draw indifferent and aloof expressions, but if she was lucky enough to get lucky occasionally, she could draw some very rare expressions and poses, making up a pretty good set of emojis.

When happy, when mischievous, when sad, when blushing, when surprised... and... no, forget about that! What's going on in my head?! Be elegant, not vulgar! Wu Shen couldn't help but think dirty thoughts again.

"I have a feeling you're thinking something very rude." Yukino watched Wu Shen's changing expression, then sighed, rubbing her forehead with one hand.

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Chapter 68 I Have Few Friends

"That's not true, you're overthinking it." Wu Shen cleared his throat and turned his gaze to the open door behind Yukino.

When he brought Yuyin back just now, the moving company seemed to have finished moving the furniture and storage boxes and was preparing to leave.

Keep in mind that moving companies are only responsible for moving furniture to a general location. If you want to adjust it, you'll have to do it yourself. What's more, there are a bunch of cardboard boxes and plastic bags that you need to unpack and organize.

This kind of work is quite physically demanding, and if Yukino were to do it alone, it would definitely be very difficult for her.

"Do you need my help?" Wu Shen asked tentatively.

“No need…” Yukino shook her head, about to refuse, but Amane rushed out and interrupted her.

"Of course we need one! This moving company is so irresponsible. They didn't arrange a lot of the furniture according to our requirements; they just put it away haphazardly. We really need a guy to help us!" As she spoke, Yu Yin's burning gaze fell on Wu Shen.

"If you need help, I'm available anytime," Wu Shen nodded, echoing Yu Yin's words.

Yukino had previously helped him out of his rooftop predicament, and Amane and Mai had such a good relationship, and they would be neighbors in the future, so Wu Shen was naturally willing to help with this small favor.

Yukino hesitated for a moment, but seeing Amane's determined look, her expression softened with a hint of doting, and she nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you, Wu Shen."

"Okay, leave it to me." Wu Shen waved his fist and followed Yukino into her new home.

On the other hand, Yukino had thought that with Amane along, the atmosphere would be better and more natural with the three of them together. But to her surprise, as soon as Wu Shen and she entered the room, Amane called out from the doorway, "Sister, I'm going to go play with Mai first. Call me when you're done!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Yin casually closed the door. Yukino knew, of course, that Yu Yin wasn't an immature child. Yukino could probably guess why she did this—it was to bring her and Wu Shen together.

However, even though she understood it, the atmosphere was definitely different when there were three people versus two. As soon as Yu Yin closed the door and left, she felt the atmosphere in the room subtly begin to change.

"What do you need me to do?" Wu Shen clapped his hands, trying his best not to notice the change in the atmosphere between the two. Looking at the piles of boxes and the crooked furniture, he knew he would probably have some work to do tonight.

"Could you help me put the sofa and coffee table in the right places?" Yukino seemed a little reserved, her eyes darting around for a while before she finally spoke.

This was the first time she had ever spent time alone with a boy in her own home.

"Leave it to me." After Yukino instructed him on the correct placement of the furniture, Wu Shen immediately got to work. Yukino was also busy, and began to use a utility knife to cut the strips of tape used to seal the openings of the stacked cardboard boxes.

Aside from the large cardboard boxes and plastic bags containing various household items, Wu Shen watched as Xue Nai opened the smaller boxes, revealing stacks of books inside. There were portable paperbacks and hardcover editions meant for home reading.

More importantly, each book was neatly arranged in the cardboard box and specially wrapped in kraft paper, for fear of damaging the corners of the books.

I didn't realize that Yukino Yukinoshita was such an artsy girl?

"Yukino seems to have a lot of books. Do you enjoy reading?" After moving the tea table, Wu Shen took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked Yukino with a surprised look.

"To be honest, I wouldn't say I really like them that much." Yukino stroked the books, neatly arranging them on the bookshelf one by one. "It's just that I don't have much to do at school. In my spare time, I can only bury myself in books. It's a way of killing time, I guess."

Hmm... does this mean I have very few friends?

Reading is a passive hobby. Since no one usually talks to Yukino, she can only spend her free time reading.

"Hasn't Yukino thought about making some friends?"

"Friends? I'm not sure if I have any friends. First of all, how do you define the word 'friend'? If you don't know the definition of a friend, how can you make friends?" Yukino asked, her back to Wu Shen, as she continued tidying up her books and personal belongings.

"Friends refer to a lasting relationship between people who are connected under specific conditions by a mutually recognized cognitive pattern, regardless of age, gender, region, race, or social role. This relationship involves mutual respect, sharing of pleasant things, and the willingness to offer assistance to each other when needed... (560 words omitted)"

Wu Shen rattled off a bunch of nonsensical things.

"Uh... Wu Shen, what are you talking about?" Yukino was a little confused by Wu Shen's sudden long, monotone reading.

"That's the definition of 'friend' on Baidu Baike. But it's not very accurate. Wait a minute, let me check Wikipedia." Wu Shen temporarily put down his work of moving the sofa, took out his phone, opened the browser, and started searching.

"Sigh..." Yukino sighed helplessly, walked over and reached out to cover Wu Shen's phone screen. "I'm really impressed with you."

"Haha, because you asked me about the definition of a friend, I couldn't help but look up some information and discuss it with you." Wu Shen put away his phone and quickly moved the sofa around.

"I was just saying it casually, who would have thought someone like you would take it so seriously." Yukino glared at him, then, seeing Wu Shen moving the largest sofa by himself, she came over to help him drag it.

"So, am I your friend?" Wu Shen asked casually, almost as if by some strange impulse.

"..." Yukino remained silent for a few seconds, then shook her head.

"very good."

"Is this something to be happy about?" Yukino couldn't understand why Wu Shen would say it was great.

Logically speaking, since she rejected any further possibility or contact with Wu Shen, he shouldn't be happy.

"Isn't it something to be happy about not getting friend-zoned?" Wu Shen joked.

"Friend card? What's that?" Yukino frowned slightly.

"It's nothing, just a saying from my hometown, too complicated to explain." Wu Shen moved the sofa to the designated spot, straightened his back, and turned to face Yukino. "Compared to this, don't you not know what a friend is? Actually, you have living examples right around you."

"Beside me? Who do you mean?" Yukino felt like all she could do during this time alone was ask questions.

"Wuyi and Yuyin, don't you think their relationship is just that of friends?" Wu Shen had barely finished speaking when a noisy commotion suddenly came from across the street.